Selwa Carmen Showker "Lucky" Roosevelt (born January 13, 1929) is an American journalist, patron of the arts, Chairman Emeritus of the Blair House Foundation [1] and former Chief of Protocol of the United States under Ronald Reagan, serving longer (1982-1989) than any other person in that position.

Selwa’s professional journalism and writing career began with work for the local Kingsport Times newspaper at age 16, a job she returned to every summer thereafter between high school and college terms.

Roosevelt has worked as a journalist for The Washington Evening Star [5] and a freelance writer for numerous magazines, among them Family Circle, McCalls and Town & Country, where she was a contributing editor for seven years.

[6] In 2012, she received a commendation from President Barack Obama for her government service and for helping to "save" Blair House.

[8] This biography of a person who has held a non-elected position in the federal government of the United States is a stub.